I need to vent. I hope you don't mind.
I got so angry at this person that I was
talking to last week that it is still bothering
me.
This fellow told me that he would never
(don't you love that word--never) be able
to use any type of thin client terminal in
his operation because they just do not
have enough peripheral ports on them to
support all of his devices. He also said that
he needs dual monitors on his PC.
I tried to explain to him that thin client
technology, over the past few years, has
changed drastically and that I would like
to show him some of the new technology. He
said “no” and just would not open up to me
at all. So, I just walked away and shook my
head and tried to calm down.
Just for informational purposes, please
click here and go to page two to see what I
was going to show him. It may even make
me feel better.
I guess I am just too passionate about my
industry and the use of thin client terminals to
replace PCs. I really should not get my blood
pressure up over this type of thing. But, I was
just so frustrated because I knew that I had a
solution for him that could possibly help save
his company thousands of dollars each year on
support costs alone. He just was not interested.
Oh well, as they say, you win some and you
lose some.
Again, if you would like to see a picture and view
some information on this new product, manufactured
by the same company that installed over 7,000
thin clients at one of the largest rental car locations,
click here.
Monday, April 12, 2010
A Tutorial on Thin Client Remote Management Software
One of the many benefits of using Thin Clint technology is the ability to easily manage from a remote location all the thin clients on a network.
It does not matter if you are physically located in Chicago, if you want to manage thin clients in China, Australia, or France, the proper Remote Administration Management Software will enable you to easily and quickly manage every thin client terminal as long as the device is connected to your network. Think of the time and money this will save your company. Additionally, the ability to remotely manage your devices means greater uptime and increased productivity for everyone.
I have attempted to compile a list of many of the most important capabilities that I believe should be included in any remote management software that is supplied by the manufacturer of your thin client terminals. Take a close look at each one of these capabilities and see how they may be able to help you and save support time vs. supporting PCs.
Remote Administrator Management Software must allow IT managers and system administrators to rapidly deploy, configure and maintain thin client devices. The remote management software should be compatible with the entire manufacturers’ thin client product line. Remote Management Software will dramatically reduce deployment and ongoing support costs.
A Management Console provides robust, centralized command and control of all the thin client devices. Firmware / BIOS / patch updates or configuration changes can be performed in groups or done automatically, eliminating the need for system administrators to manage individual desktops.
The interface needs to provide a powerful, yet simple and easy way to manage the complete family of thin clients from a single, centralized management console. An intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) should allow you to get up and running in just minutes.
The software should use industry-standard protocols, including SNMP, FTP and TCP/IP, to manage the thin client devices.
The remote manager has minimal hardware and software requirements, making installation a snap.
Be sure your software has unrestricted, no-hassle licensing with unlimited scalability.
The Remote Management Administrator Software needs to have a comprehensive asset tracking capability, device discovery and automatic device check-in.
Asset-tracking databases need to allow IT managers to view the current device configurations including firmware version, device location, IP address and memory size which can be used to store or export the information for fast and easy report generation.
Remote problem trouble-shooting can greatly be simplified if your Remote Management Software has the ability to shadow individual devices (remotely displayed) with full keyboard and mouse control, reboot and rest to default state. All tasks can be scheduled for execution at later times.
Plus your Remote Administrator Management Software should support the following capabilities:
Device Cloning
Auto Configuration
Job Scheduling
Remote Shadowing
Grouping Devices
User Security
Wake on LAN
Multiple User Interfaces
Image Deployment
HIPPA Ready
Flash Updating
Reset to Default
Asset Database
Registry Edit
Automatic sub-netting
Automatic Discovery
Security Options
I hope that this tutorial has proven useful to you.
If you are seriously thinking about adding thin clients to your network in the near future, contact me and I can make arrangements for you to test drive a package like the one I described above, free. I will personally arrange to download the software package to you and ship a thin client evaluation terminal so that you can try it out yourself. It takes only a few moments to install and is extremely easy to learn with its user friendly dash-board.
The good news is that with many of the manufacturers that I represent, I can offer to our customers remote management software FREE. Give me a call at 1-800-643-2664 and let's talk.
It does not matter if you are physically located in Chicago, if you want to manage thin clients in China, Australia, or France, the proper Remote Administration Management Software will enable you to easily and quickly manage every thin client terminal as long as the device is connected to your network. Think of the time and money this will save your company. Additionally, the ability to remotely manage your devices means greater uptime and increased productivity for everyone.
I have attempted to compile a list of many of the most important capabilities that I believe should be included in any remote management software that is supplied by the manufacturer of your thin client terminals. Take a close look at each one of these capabilities and see how they may be able to help you and save support time vs. supporting PCs.
Remote Administrator Management Software must allow IT managers and system administrators to rapidly deploy, configure and maintain thin client devices. The remote management software should be compatible with the entire manufacturers’ thin client product line. Remote Management Software will dramatically reduce deployment and ongoing support costs.
A Management Console provides robust, centralized command and control of all the thin client devices. Firmware / BIOS / patch updates or configuration changes can be performed in groups or done automatically, eliminating the need for system administrators to manage individual desktops.
The interface needs to provide a powerful, yet simple and easy way to manage the complete family of thin clients from a single, centralized management console. An intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) should allow you to get up and running in just minutes.
The software should use industry-standard protocols, including SNMP, FTP and TCP/IP, to manage the thin client devices.
The remote manager has minimal hardware and software requirements, making installation a snap.
Be sure your software has unrestricted, no-hassle licensing with unlimited scalability.
The Remote Management Administrator Software needs to have a comprehensive asset tracking capability, device discovery and automatic device check-in.
Asset-tracking databases need to allow IT managers to view the current device configurations including firmware version, device location, IP address and memory size which can be used to store or export the information for fast and easy report generation.
Remote problem trouble-shooting can greatly be simplified if your Remote Management Software has the ability to shadow individual devices (remotely displayed) with full keyboard and mouse control, reboot and rest to default state. All tasks can be scheduled for execution at later times.
Plus your Remote Administrator Management Software should support the following capabilities:
Device Cloning
Auto Configuration
Job Scheduling
Remote Shadowing
Grouping Devices
User Security
Wake on LAN
Multiple User Interfaces
Image Deployment
HIPPA Ready
Flash Updating
Reset to Default
Asset Database
Registry Edit
Automatic sub-netting
Automatic Discovery
Security Options
I hope that this tutorial has proven useful to you.
If you are seriously thinking about adding thin clients to your network in the near future, contact me and I can make arrangements for you to test drive a package like the one I described above, free. I will personally arrange to download the software package to you and ship a thin client evaluation terminal so that you can try it out yourself. It takes only a few moments to install and is extremely easy to learn with its user friendly dash-board.
The good news is that with many of the manufacturers that I represent, I can offer to our customers remote management software FREE. Give me a call at 1-800-643-2664 and let's talk.
The "Invisible" Thin Client Terminal
Let me tell you about an “Invisible” Thin Client
Terminal which was created by a team from a
major Israeli aerospace company.
The other day I stopped at Best Buy® and purchased
an SD memory card for my new cell phone.
I found it amazing that I could purchase an 8GB
Micro card for 1/2 of what it costs me to fill my
gas tank. 8GB of storage on a card that was
smaller than the finger nail on my pinky? What
is next? Will we soon be seeing 10 Terabytes
on a Micro SD card? That would not surprise me.
Now, speaking of amazing, I would like to tell you
about another innovative product. This product was
developed by an advanced engineering team
from a major Israeli aerospace company.
This team, a few years ago, was assigned a project
in which they were to develop a thin client terminal
that would be an alternative to a PC. The real
challenge for the group was that this thin client
would need to be so small that it that would fit
into a wall socket the same size as a light switch
wall box.
Furthermore, their mission was to develop this
product so that it would allow full communications
with Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Services, and even
VMware. Also, this product was to contain Internet
Explorer, have terminal emulations available, be
100% virus proof, use very little power, have
Wi-Fi available and even Power over Ethernet
as an option.
The real challenge was to be able to operate this
unit with a RISC processor that did not cause a
reliability problem due to heat coming from the
processor in a confined space the same size as
a switch box in a wall.
This product was first introduced in Europe a few
years ago. Now this company has one of the
largest installed bases for alternative PC products
found in Europe. One major customer is a
German governmental group that took delivery
of over 20,000 units.
I have been working with this manufacturer
since they first introduced this product in the U.S.
a few years ago. To see what this amazing product
looks like, and to read some specifications on
very powerful and amazing alternative product
to PCs, click here.
Terminal which was created by a team from a
major Israeli aerospace company.
The other day I stopped at Best Buy® and purchased
an SD memory card for my new cell phone.
I found it amazing that I could purchase an 8GB
Micro card for 1/2 of what it costs me to fill my
gas tank. 8GB of storage on a card that was
smaller than the finger nail on my pinky? What
is next? Will we soon be seeing 10 Terabytes
on a Micro SD card? That would not surprise me.
Now, speaking of amazing, I would like to tell you
about another innovative product. This product was
developed by an advanced engineering team
from a major Israeli aerospace company.
This team, a few years ago, was assigned a project
in which they were to develop a thin client terminal
that would be an alternative to a PC. The real
challenge for the group was that this thin client
would need to be so small that it that would fit
into a wall socket the same size as a light switch
wall box.
Furthermore, their mission was to develop this
product so that it would allow full communications
with Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Services, and even
VMware. Also, this product was to contain Internet
Explorer, have terminal emulations available, be
100% virus proof, use very little power, have
Wi-Fi available and even Power over Ethernet
as an option.
The real challenge was to be able to operate this
unit with a RISC processor that did not cause a
reliability problem due to heat coming from the
processor in a confined space the same size as
a switch box in a wall.
This product was first introduced in Europe a few
years ago. Now this company has one of the
largest installed bases for alternative PC products
found in Europe. One major customer is a
German governmental group that took delivery
of over 20,000 units.
I have been working with this manufacturer
since they first introduced this product in the U.S.
a few years ago. To see what this amazing product
looks like, and to read some specifications on
very powerful and amazing alternative product
to PCs, click here.
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